On This Day In Boxing History!

Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez II

March 15th, 2008

WBC World Super Featherweight Title

Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas 

March 15th

1906: Abe Attell WDQ3 Tony Moran

1940: Ike Williams age 17 debuts NWS4 Carmine Fotti

1956: Dick Lane W10 Vicente Echevarria

Carlton Lincoln KO5 Roque Maravilla    

Johnny Busso W8 Frankie Ippolito

Jimmy Soo W8 Earl Hilton

1962: Victor Cordoba is born in Darién, Panama

1963: Archie Moore KO3 Mike DiBiase

Zack Padilla was born in Glendora, CA

Edwin Rosario is born in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico

George Chuvalo TKO2 Rico Brooks

1969: Ulrich Regis dies due to blood clots following March 11th, bout versus Joe Bugner - Town Hall, Shoreditch, United Kingdom

1972: Glen Catley was born in Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England

1975: Alexis Arguello KO8 Leonel Hernandez

Antonio Cervantes KO2 Ray Chavez Guerrero

1977: Eckhard Dagge D15 Maurice Hope

1983: Charlie Magri KO7 Eleoncio Mercedes

1984: Jiro Watanabe KO15 Celso Chavez

1985: Larry Holmes KO10 David Bey

1986: Patrizio Oliva W15 Ubaldo Sacco

1991: Brian Mitchell D12 Tony Lopez

1992: Eddie Cook KO5 Israel Contreras

1997: Daorung Chuvatana W12 Felix Machado

2001: Referee Dick Young, 85, dies from pneumonia complications

2003: Manny Pacquiao KO5 Serikzhan Yeshmangbetov

Sven Ottke W12 Byron Mitchell

Acelino Freitas KO4 Juan Carlos Ramirez

2008: Manny Pacquiao WSD12 Juan Manuel Marquez

2014: Danny Garcia WMD12 Mauricio Herrera             

Deontay Wilder KO1 Malik Scott              

Juan Manuel Lopez TKO2 Daniel Ponce De Leon

2015: Sergey Kovalev TKO8 Jean Pascal

Thomas Oosthuizen WSD12 Ryno Liebenberg

Yazmin Rivas W10 Celina Salazar

2017: Rodrigo Valdez passes at the age of 71

2019: Katie Taylor TKO9 Rose Volante